nope - the "orbital" refers to the "orbital rave scene" of the time - parties were always held close to the M25 motorway that circles London...
 
...which is known as the London Orbital Motorway, and is where Orbital got their name from.
 
although, confusingly, there are a number of orb/lx mixes from 1989/90 that do use the term "orbital" - this was dropped as soon as Orbital the band became well-known.
 
cheers,
 
 
 
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Smiley
-----Original Message-----
From: orb-bounces+smileyweb=yahoo.co.uk@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+smileyweb=yahoo.co.uk@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of ML | bytesizenun
Sent: 28 February 2006 21:33
To: Orblist
Subject: [Orb] After The Love (Orbital House Mix)

Hey all!

Can anyone confirm if this is actually an early Orb mix?

http://www.discogs.com/release/39494

Thanks

///me